Sessions
Employment law across the globe
Resources:
Speakers:

Sophie Maes
Partner
Claeys & Engels (Belgium)
Inside APAC: The latest employment law changes and workforce trends
Resources:
Speakers:

Desmond Wee
Partner
Rajah & Tann (Singapore)
Spilling the PTeaD: What happens now on pay transparency?
Resources:
- Our PTD Hub has up to date information on each jurisdiction’s implementation status, together with links to our available podcasts and insights.
- Find out more about our Pay Equity IQ platform, designed to help employers meet the PTD’s data heavy and process driven requirements.
Speakers:

Shannon Tottle
Compensation Manager
Kraft Heinz

Vanessa Hogan
Associate GC, Director and leads Employment Law for EMEA
Cisco
Check your privilege
Resources:
Speakers:

Jill Bigler
Partner
Epstein Becker & Green

Rebecca McAlees
Senior Global Employment Counsel
Unilever
Managing Tomorrow's International Workforce: Signals, risks and strategic choices for the future of work
Resources:
- Explore our Future of Work Hub, bringing together our latest research, insights and horizon-scanning on the global trends shaping workforce strategy.
- Read our latest Future @ Work 2026 report, exploring the key signals, risks and strategic choices facing international employers.
- Browse our Future of Work insights and thought leadership for practical guidance on navigating workforce transformation, from AI adoption and workforce planning to governance and resilience.
- In conversation: Early careers and skills-based hiring
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Should AI Stay or Should AI Go? Navigating the increased use of AI throughout the employee lifecycle
Resources:
Speakers:

Marco Sideri
Partner
Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo (Italy)

Sam Howarth
Director, Modern Workforce
Slalom
Navigating the new EWC Directive: all change?
Resources:
- For more information on the new EWC Directive, read our articles on the essential insights for multinational employers and the removal of the “Article 13” and “Article 3” status exemptions.
Speakers:

Dan Baker
Lead – Employee Relations & Policy (EMEA), Global Industrial Relations – Accenture (UK)
Accenture

Helena Milner-Smith
Assistant General Counsel
Microsoft
Business travel: The compliance blind spot hiding in plain sight
Resources:
- Global mobility in 2026: four trends redefining strategy, risk and resilience
- Issue spotting overseas tax matters
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Headlines to hot seats: Managing people and risk through international crises
Resources:
- Managing your workforce through Middle East uncertainty
- When geopolitics becomes unpredictable: what growing uncertainty means for workforce strategy - 22 January ‘26
Speakers:

Gala Riani
Head of Strategic Intelligence
S-RM

James Clothier
Head of Crisis & Issues
Grayling

Natalie Bellwood
Global Head of Employment Law
DXC

Sophie Provins
Travel Security & Resilience Analyst
Rolls-Royce


















